Hate It Or Love It: Darrell Talks Growth & Evolution: From VTC to Goldprint

In this episode, Darrell reflects on the journey from starting his first business, VTC, to running Goldprint today. He discusses the evolution from the high-energy excitement of the "honeymoon phase" to mastering the craft and adopting a focused, steady "let's get to work" mindset.

Key topics include:

• The lessons learned from moving too fast in the early days of business.

• Why applying knowledge is more important than just showing excitement.

• The importance of consistency, growth, and celebrating small wins without losing sight of the bigger picture.

Whether you’re just starting out or building on years of experience, this episode offers valuable insights into maintaining momentum and staying grounded in the work.

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
But yeah, man, it's funny.

(00:02):
We on the truth about VTC.
I had a thought a while back
and I think I just came to the conclusion on that thought.
And I'm glad you mentioned it
because a long time ago, not even a long time ago,
like early last year, right?

(00:22):
I was like, damn, I had this fire, this drive.
I had this high energy.
I was in college.
I was like, damn, I had this,
like this level of seeking knowledge,
writing on my whiteboard every day.

(00:44):
And I had just this fire inside me
when I created VTC, my first business.
And then like last year, I was just, I just sat down.
I was just like, damn, I don't see that no more.
Where I don't see that same fire,
but I don't see that same level of inspiration in it.

(01:06):
And so I was just thinking like, but I got more knowledge.
I'm doing much better things
with what I'm doing in Goldprint.
What I'm doing in Goldprint, the actions that I'm taking
is moving the needle.
Well, it may not be going as fast as I want it to,

(01:26):
but I've came just in the present as far as I'm sat,
I'm not satisfied, but like I'm in the present
of how things are moving.
But then you said that about,
cause I got a, it's a different point of view.
Like when you didn't even met me during that moment
and I just came to a realization that I have settled down

(01:50):
as far as within my business.
Yeah.
I was moving too, not moving too fast,
but you know when you excited, you started a new venture,
you're starting something new.
You're, it's like the honeymoon stage.
It's like you're moving fast.
You're moving at this speed and things like that.
You're telling everybody about it.
You're posting about it.
You're excited about it.

(02:10):
You're moving so fast, you making mistakes,
but you just like, I don't care.
I'm just, it'll move it.
I'm still moving.
Yeah.
It's like, I knew your example.
It's like when Flash first starting,
first learned how to run, when he first got his powers,
he couldn't control it.
He couldn't control it.
He was just doing all this and that.
He was burning up his clothes.

(02:30):
He was running old people.
He was just running too fast.
And that's how I looked at my VTC moment.
But I'm looking at the present as in today,
I've slowed down.
I know how to control my powers.
And so I still have that fire in me,
but I don't necessarily just show it with excitement.

(02:52):
Yeah.
Things like that.
Like the knowledge that I've accumulated over the years,
I've applied it in decline productions.
I've applied it with my films.
I've applied it in the podcast.
I applied it in this album and future things
that we're working on and things like that.
And it's just like, I'm just smooth selling up.

(03:15):
And it's like, it's time to get to work.
Yeah.
So when it like those first couple of years,
it was like, I was just excited to have a business.
They always just excited to say, I had a business.
I was excited to say, hey, I'm forming a team.
Like, let's come join me, bro.
Or I would like, I wasn't taking on just anybody,
but like, I damn near was just like,

(03:35):
if I know you and you got some type of-
I'll make it work, pull it or some type of something.
In this, let's work.
Like, let's go.
I'm on the train, let's go.
Let's go.
At all, at all.
I learned, I learned.
Trust me.
I feel you.
I said, when that first venture started,
like today, no one's here.

(03:56):
Yeah.
I just got rid of the last person,
like a year and a half ago.
So it's just like, this is where I am with GO,
what I'm moving with.
And I was just like, I'm like,
I just finally came to that moment.
Like, I just had a real life moment just now.
And was just like, damn.

(04:18):
Like, I'm smooth selling with it.
Like, it's time, like, let's get to work.
And like, that's the mindset I've been having
this past few years.
And like, I just never could just formulate it
into what I call it or what it is.
So I'm just like in that, let's get to work stage.
It's like, I don't, I would celebrate the small wins.

(04:39):
I would celebrate this and that.
But it's like, I'm not gonna be as joyous and excited
as I was when I first started my first business.
Cause that was 2018, bro.
Yeah.
Right.
Like that's seven years ago.
Yup.
Over six, seven years ago.
So like.
It's been a while.
That's what I was saying.

(04:59):
So let's get to work.
Like that's, that's the.